Pancakes, Fat Tuesday, and Cheering for the Losing Team

Pancakes, Fat Tuesday, and Cheering for the Losing Team

[Listen to a recording of today’s article by clicking play below.] It’s a day with a lot of names—Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Fastnacht—but around our house it was always Pancake Day. Though the Bowler girls were not brought up to be great observers of the church calendar, we always knew when it was…